Bristol Journal in London, Middlesex

Fires, Annuities and Oddities From a Remote Village

In Hemingborough near Selby Yorkshire a large fire destroyed six or more farms with barns and grain. Two engines aided efforts to control the blaze, helped by favorable winds, preventing total ruin. An anecdote recalls an anatomical annuity scheme where a man sold his body for dissection and walked the Piazza for years in exchange for ten pounds annually. Bank securities and Dublin exchange figures close the note.